Long Island stocks on move

Two Long Island companies whose stocks rose significantly during the week ending Oct. 1, 2010.

CVD Equipment
(CVV)
Ronkonkoma
$6.04 (week's change: +37.6%) 
52-week return: +44.8%

The manufacturer of equipment used in the semiconductor and solar cell industries reported a 234 percent increase in orders in the third quarter. The news sent shares to a 52-week high.

Verint Systems
(VRNT)
Melville
$30.97 (week's change: +21.1%) 
52-week return: +106.1%

Shares hit their highest point in more than three years after the Wall Street Journal reported that Oracle Corp. may be interested in buying the maker of security software.

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